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heres some pictures of my newest purchase.

laugh away!

ive always wanted a early mark one that had a plate marker that reflected the area im from, but they dont turn up that often. i have the choice of 'KH', 'RH' or 'AT', 'AT' been the best as this was used in the town i was born and the area my family still live.

i wasnt really looking for another project, but spotted this on retro rides and quite liked it. a reasonable amount of folding later and my pink trailer gets its first trip out!

its been stood since 1981 and will need a bit to get it usable, but im hoping to do the stuff thats needed for an mot, but keep all the period bits and bobs including the all important 'tc' badge warning other motorists that it (doesnt) have twin carbs

according to the seller the car had rally history, its certainly been built to look the part!

the sellers father bought the car in 1974 (with all the mods ready fitted, so its proper period stuff), all he did was remove the twin carbs as it was too nippy for his wife and a few odd jobs and general maintainence.

id also guess that at sometime it had a pair of buckets, but these have been swopped for the early front seats

the marina conection?

this is a good one, the sellers father worked for wilmet breedon and his main claim to fame was that he designed the marina door handle - the one thats used on just about everything in the 1970's (and my GTM). unfortunatly he didnt get a royalty payment on every one sold!!



















so there you go,

marks bought a 1300 tc, ive bought an 850 tc

good eh?

few more snaps

bit of 'old school' repair under the back seat



inner sill, id like to say the welding was 'tidy!'



the finest nigerian semplee wood that money can buy?



have you ever wanted to fit a full size hub caps to a reverse rim? - simple construct a neat bracket, and bobs your uncle!





my trailer - its pink. hopefully people wont want to steal it

very nice, but disapointingly 'ordinary'

that's quiet a collection of accessories though. the front end lacks a little 'definition'!

as you mentioned, best to leave it unrestored as a fine example of the early '70s customisers 'art'

Rich is Billy Blue Hat!

Pandora wrote:very nice, but disapointingly 'ordinary'

that's quiet a collection of accessories though. the front end lacks a little 'definition'!

as you mentioned, best to leave it unrestored as a fine example of the early '70s customisers 'art'

al, your only mad because it wasnt a stimpson scorcher!

the accessories are great, its like its been covered in hot glue and rammed through a car accessory shop window in about 1968 - the seller was a little bemused as to why i was so chuffed with it!

just wait, hand painted speed stripes will be every where this time next year!

the front end is odd, its very 'jelly mould' shaped and everything just isnt right - you cant quite see the little twagger brackets that have ben made to hold the overiders on.

i will be loosing those vile front arches though, they genuinely offend me, in fact, they have already 'fallen off'

I like the go faster stripes

I like this car.... but do not know why....

almondgreen wrote:I like this car.... but do not know why....

easy, like me your a man of impecable taste!

spelling mistake, surely?

you mean imbecileic taste? (and i'm not even sure i've spelt that right )

I know what you mean about the front arches though. are they made of blutac? or was that just the mould?

guru_1071 wrote:
the accessories are great, its like its been covered in hot glue and rammed through a car accessory shop window in about 1968

I suggest this thread is re-named 'the richspeed ram-raid'

Great find Rich! I like it!
Thats a show case of every piece of accessory you found at the back of 60s issue CCC!
I got the remote change myself but I'd never had the chance to fit it on car, please tell me what it like when using it later, was it comparable to Cooper remote?
Is the front end steel or fiberglass? It was so.....smooth!
Nice find! Comparable to Mark's Speedwell I think!

guru_1071 wrote: the marina conection?
this is a good one, the sellers father worked for wilmet breedon and his main claim to fame was that he designed the marina door handle

Of course ! Now why didn't we get that clue !!!

Talk about curve balls !

I'm liking the TC, is the TC a Yorkshire reference..as in Tight C... ?!! Most Minis looked something like that once in their life before Heritage Certificates were even heard of, have to say though the jury's still out on the pink trailer.

I guessed that it was the doorhandles! the Marinas claim to fame! I think they were also used on range rovers ( as well as every kit car ever made!)

Very period I like it

Saltofix panel i have not seen one of them for many a year, i bet it fits where it touches lol

TC badge a nice touch, straight of a p6 i would say.

Tedwong wrote:Great find Rich! I like it!
Thats a show case of every piece of accessory you found at the back of 60s issue CCC!
I got the remote change myself but I'd never had the chance to fit it on car, please tell me what it like when using it later, was it comparable to Cooper remote?
Is the front end steel or fiberglass? It was so.....smooth!
Nice find! Comparable to Mark's Speedwell I think!

ted

its got (in no particular order)

stripes

two tone paint

glass fibre front (hinged for extra street credability)

oil cooler

lucas spot lamps (with the covers)

plastic dash

fire extinguisher

dynotape lables

long flickers for all the switches

extra switches

a parking light (or the holes where one used to be)

seat belts

spqr gear remote (and the black grp cover)

spqr engine steadies

ql5000 joints

mini fins

dunlop reverse rims

vile arches

milkfloat rubber hooks

benelite grill

'tc' badge (i am scraping the bottom of the barrel here!)

semplee wood handles

rev counter

wheel

etc

thats a full catalogue worth of stuff!!!!! - must have been a lot of christmas and birthday money for the owner!


oh, and im sure i mentioned, it was first registered on the 1st of april 1964 - aprils fools day!

So I take it that you're keeping the registration & turning the rest into a square shaped coffee table.

Rich,

Great find! And not that "bad" looking either! I think if it had different wheel arches (or no ectentions) it would look great given "some" TLC.

Have you driven it yet? How does the SPQR gearlinkage feel? Working good?

Any chance you could make a mould of the GRP-cover? I bought a kit some time ago, but am lacking the cover.

bluemin wrote:So I take it that you're keeping the registration & turning the rest into a square shaped coffee table.

certainly not.

it will be at stanford hall next year in the 'mk1 competition' section of the concours. no mirrored floor or red rope required!

sandman wrote:Rich,

Great find! And not that "bad" looking either! I think if it had different wheel arches (or no ectentions) it would look great given "some" TLC.

Have you driven it yet? How does the SPQR gearlinkage feel? Working good?

Any chance you could make a mould of the GRP-cover? I bought a kit some time ago, but am lacking the cover.

ed, id already thought about making a grp mould of the cover as they are the sort of thing that gets lost / broken

the gear lever actually feels very good (far better than i thought it would), different to a remote - more like a magic wand but positive (if you see what i mean) it actually feels like it might be a useful thing.

it doesnt start, so ive no idea how it drives - the only electrical thing that worked as the right hand indicator

Nice Rich!

Are those front arches made of leather?